A newly created mobile app allows students to monitor the spread of the flu around campus, says researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. This app provides students with a personalized, daily forecast for each patient. Flu season starts to ramp up as early as October, and college students are one […]
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Etsy Brings Retails Even Closer to Online Shoppers With Mobile Etsy Local Search Feature
Etsy first gained success for being an online marketplace for small business owners to sell their one-of-a-kind goods to anyone at any time; location was never an issue, so long as the post office was running. Now, it appears that Etsy has made a complete 180 and is now operating exactly opposite of its original […]
Top Security Firm: New Malware is “Largest Known” Threat to Apple Devices
Security firm Palo Alto Networks announced over the weekend that a new form of malware, dubbed “KeyRaider,” has allowed hackers to steal account information from more than 225,000 Apple account holders. “We believe this to be the largest known Apple account theft caused by malware,” read a statement posted by the company on Aug. 30. Malware is […]
Students Don’t Use the Internet to Cheat as Much as You Might Think, Says New Study
With about 4.49 billion web pages on the Internet, finding academic material to plagiarize is easier than ever, allowing students to take shortcuts. A 2010 survey of 24,000 students from 70 different high schools found that 58% admitted they’d plagiarized, while a staggering 95% said that they had cheated in some form or another. However, […]
The Latest Weapon in the Fight Against Superbugs: Robots
It sounds like something out of science fiction: a robot that rolls into a hospital room and zaps germs using ultraviolet light. But that’s precisely what biotechnology startup Xenex has created — and CEO Morris Miller says there’s a huge market for it. “On a daily basis we are cleaning 5,000 to 7,000 rooms,” he […]
New Universal Remote Attachment Could Make Things Easier…Or Harder
If you have a streaming media device, there is a new universal remote attachment being released that could make your life easier. It could also the be the gateway to losing yet another remote control, and this time it will cost you. According to Tech Hive, a device called Sideclick is being introduced after a […]
Smartphone Users Encouraged to Share Food Photography With New Google Maps Feature
Since the first photograph was taken over 186 years ago, it’s estimated that more than 3.5 trillion photos have been snapped. With the invention of the smartphone, just about everyone has constant, immediate access to a camera. Google is looking to take advantage of this by unveiling a new feature to their Google Maps service […]
Amazon Makes Advertising Change in Potential Challenge to Google
Amazon is ending an advertising option that has been a favorite of small retailers, according to an email obtained by the Wall Street Journal’s Digits blog. Product listings at the bottom of Amazon pages that show photos of merchandise and act as links to other retailers’ websites will be discontinued on Oct. 31. These Product […]
Apple’s New ‘Spaceship’ Office Propelling Employees Towards Success
In a shocking turn of events, Apple has decided to take a leap of faith in innovation and try something completely new. Wait, they already do that, don’t they? Man, these guys are good. According to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, Apple and its team of architects are building a massive UFO-shaped campus that should be […]
Research Funded by Coca-Cola Says Its Drinks Don’t Exacerbate Obesity Epidemic
The average American adult drinks about 500 cans of soda each year. That’s about 52 pounds of sugar being consumed in soft drinks alone. If a person drinks only one soda per day for a year — nearly half the average — they’d still guzzle down more than 35 pounds of sugar. Consequently, one soda […]